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Contemporary Archaeology in Theory: The New Pragmatism, 2nd EditionISBN: 978-1-4051-5853-4
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664 pages
May 2010, ©2010, Wiley-Blackwell
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- Defines the relevance of archaeology and the social sciences more generally to the modern world
- Challenges the traditional boundaries between prehistoric and historical archaeologies
- Discusses how archaeology articulates such contemporary topics and issues as landscape and natures; agency, meaning and practice; sexuality, embodiment and personhood; race, class, and ethnicity; materiality, memory, and historical silence; colonialism, nationalism, and empire; heritage, patrimony, and social justice; media, museums, and publics
- Examines the influence of American pragmatism on archaeology
- Offers 32 new chapters by leading archaeologists and cultural anthropologists